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"October 9-11 CPE. First agility trial ever for Goofy. We had 2 perfect days and only NQed once. She got 8 Q Ribbons, 9 1st Place Ribbons, and 2 Perfect Day Ribbons."
"A mini course at intermediate agility class. Jump, triple jump, jump, tunnel, walk, and tunnel. Notice Goofy cleared all three bars of the triple. =)"
Arrival Story: I found her for sale through an online listing and went to see her. She was sold once but was returned because the husband was very upset the wife bought a dog. So she became my dog.
Bio: Goofball has graduated from 2 obedience classes with the 1st place trophy (1 class on-leash and 1 class off-leash). Before she was a year old she passed her Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Test. She started Basic Agility training in March 2009. Graduated Basic Agility class May 2009. She started Intermediate Agility classes in June 2009. She started attending Advanced Agility classes near the end of October 2009.
Forums Motto: Just Goofy.
The Groups I'm In: Holistixperience!, Home Cooked Food and Recipes
The Last Forum I Posted In: Reevaluating...
Diet: Prey Model Raw. Chicken, game hen, quail, duck, turkey, lamb, venison, beef, buffalo, salmon, etc. She eats 2.5-4.0 oz a day.
Future Competitions: 2009
December 4-6 CPE (Zephyrhills) 2010
January 2 CPE (Williston)
January 9-10 NADAC (Valrico)
January 23-24 CPE (Zephyrhills)
January 29-31 CPE (Williston) maybe
February 13-14 TDAA (Valrico)
July 24-25 TDAA (Lakeland)
April 24-25 NADAC (Palmetto)
Agiity Title Progress: CPE - Level 1 almost compete. Need a Q in Jackpot and Wildcards. Got a Q in Level 2 Jumpers.
NADAC - Novice Skilled 4". Q'ed in Regular (3x) and Chance (1x).
TDAA - first competition in Feb 2010
Goofy has finally finished CPE Level 1 and will be moving up to Level 2 next time she competes. All we needed was a Jackpot and we got that today at Paws & Ques in Williston. The drive was an insane 2 hours one way. So we left home at 5:30 am and didn't get home until 8:00 pm. Insane.... Glad we only went for one day. We also did Jumpers and Snookers. All 3 were Qualifiers so we also had a perfect day.
3 Qualifier Ribbons, 3 1st Place Ribbons, 1 Perfect Day Ribbon, and 1 Title Ribbon.
Today was our first distance class. First off, Goofy is refusing A-frames now. No worries since this can be worked with later. We will be lowering the frame so she can succeed and build confidence again. But the plus side is her weaving has greatly improved as well as her teeter. Another down note is she is missing the middle of the tire at times. Like someone at the trials says, when you fix one thing, something else breaks. If you aren't fixing something, then you aren't doing agility right. =)
But Goofy did okay in class. We worked on some tricky ones like discriminating between tunnel and A-fame when they are both close. I would have to teach Goofy 'out'.
Another thing we worked on is making a cross behind your dog while sending for a double jump. I know we need more practice with the crosses and distance work.
We tried out our first Monday night class and I have to say I like it. It is late enough that I can go after work... the only down fall is I probably wouldn't go to the Tuesday morning Intermediate class, but instead I can now go to the distance class though. So we will do our first Distance class tomorrow night.
It is sad that Goofy doesn't like the A-frame much now... hehe She was trying to avoid doing it in class today. Poor girl. Then for the tire she ditched off the side of it. I think she is having problems running at night with all the shadows... or she is finding new things to undo. She is doing awesome on weaves though. All 12 of them in a row. Plus she is probably a tad tired from this weekend still.
There is going to be no classes from parts of next week until January for Christmas break. But teacher is still letting us come over for practices when we want. I don't want Goofy going out of shape.
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